BLACKARXANGEL provided a prediction for the first matches of the second day of The International 2026
Commentator and analyst Vladislav “BLACKARXANGEL” Ivashchenko shared his predictions for the first two matches of the second day of The International 2026 playoffs on his personal Telegram channel.
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Day 2 of the TI2026 Playoffs.
I’m an analyst, and here are my predictions for the first two best-of-3 series.
Now, as for today’s predictions, the first two matches are a mystery to me because these teams just fell apart on Day 1—remember the series against Team Liquid, how the “Horses” lost that one map.
In terms of mechanics, BetBoom Team > 1win Team
. I’ll be rooting for GPK—he can carry his team.
The match between Team Liquid and Team Falcons is a toss-up: 3 maps, lots of action, not much reward—just the way we like it. I’ll give the edge to Team Falcons; their support synergy is better. I hope they can get their mid laner to outplay Nisha, and then the win is in the bag.
Looking further ahead to the best-of-3 series, I’m going with PARIVISION—I can’t say anything about Nigma, though; they’re a wild card))) <...>
Earlier, analyst Alexander “Santa” Koltan shared his predictions for the second day of The International 2026 playoffs on his personal Telegram channel, assessing the chances of 1win Team, BetBoom Team, Team Liquid, Team Falcons, Team Spirit, PARIVISION, Team Yandex, and Nigma Galaxy.
Photo by Vladislav “BLACKARXANGEL” Ivashchenko.
